Order Cetaceacontains 2 suborders

White-beaked dolphin

The White-beaked dolphin is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Namings for the whitebeaked dolphin

A young / baby of a whitebeaked dolphin is called a 'calf or pup'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A whitebeaked dolphin group is called a 'team, school, pod, herd, alliance (male) or party (female)'.

White-beaked dolphin habitats

Facts about the white-beaked dolphin

(Gray, 1846) White-beaked Dolphin range The White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (dolphins) in the suborder of the Odontoceti, or toothed whales.

Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846) The White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (dolphins) in the suborder of the Odontoceti, or toothed whales.

The White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is most frequently recorded around the coast of Scotland and North East England, and its distribution is thought to have remained relatively unchanged since the 1920s.

The White-beaked Dolphin is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species]

The white-beaked dolphin is dark grey to black dorsally, with a lighter "saddle patch" just behind the dorsal fin.

White-beaked dolphins are found only in the cool and sub-arctic waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. (Full text)

The tail stock of Lagenorhynchus albirostris is tapered unlike that of the Atlantic white-sided dolphins, Lagenorhynchus acutus, although these two species are often confused for one another because of their similar coloration. (Full text)